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Famous people · Selma
Selma is the birthplace of 10 famous people
At the top of the list is the softball player Andrea Duran, covered in 9 languages. Matt Garza is second and Calaway H. Dodson third. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Andrea Duran
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Jean Macfarlane
Youngest
1984
Andrea Duran
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Selma
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2Sports
Matt Garza
born 1983American professional baseball player, pitcher
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CD#3
Science & Medicine
Calaway H. Dodson
1928–2020American botanist, orchidologist & taxonomist
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Selma’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Selma is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Selma
Another 7, the earliest born in 1894.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Kingsburg’s, with 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Selma and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Matt Garza: User Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Lang: Sun-Times, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Sanderson: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Craghead: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Slim Pickens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons